Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a briefing for industry stakeholders to discuss the issuance of the final Nutrition Facts label after issuing proposed and supplemental proposed rules.

Background

The label is designed to provide information on nutritional content of food products so that consumers can make informed choices. The FDA will issue two final regulations simultaneously in the Federal Register:

One on the label content based on new nutrition science and design changes (technical name: Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Label)

One on revised serving size requirements on which the nutrition labeling is based and criteria for labeling certain package sizes (technical name: Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods that Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One-Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments)

The call will be today, Friday, May 20 at 3:30 p.m. EST. The call-in number is 800-779-9320. International callers should dial 1-517-308-9171. The passcode for all callers is “52016”.

Slides will be posted today by 12 pm. Please refer to slides during the call.

Susan Mayne, Ph.D., Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition will provide an overview of the final rules.

A Question and Answer Session will follow the presentation. Teresa Rubio, Health Programs Coordinator with the FDA Office of Health and Constituent Affairs, will moderate the call.

A replay of the briefing will be available one hour after the call ends until June 19, 2016. To hear the replay, callers in the United States should dial 888-393-9645, and international callers may dial 203-369-3721.